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01x19 - Episode 37 & 38

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Vegetable Soup". Aired: September 22, 1975 – December 14, 1978.*
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01x19 - Episode 37 & 38

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[Laughter]

[Applause]

[Music]

come on along and join our delicious

come on along we're going to have

some come on along and join us

a little bow of vegetable

[Music]

souici come

[Music]

we uset

[Music]

all

[Music]

of

[Music]

all do we know what color the first

humans

were no not even scientists can tell the

color of a person's skin from looking at

bones and bones are all that remain

after the millions of years since the

first humans were

alive but let's see if we can make a

good guess what color they

were here's a map of Africa and part of

Asia the earliest traces of humans have

been found in these hot sunny

lands now are people who live in these

lands

today their skin colors are of various

shades of brown which protect them from

the strong sunlight in that part of the

world so we can make a guess that the

first humans were of various shades of

brown neither as

dark nor as light as many people are

today wo oh did you

know that

long

ago and

once

upon a

[Music]

time there are many black cowboys in the

wild west you just never heard of them

[Music]

and one of the best was Nat love when

Nat love was 15 years old he left his

house and went to the wild west to

become a

cowboy Nat was looking for adventure and

he found it he had to ride the toughest

Bron in town to get his first job

[Applause]

Yoo a cowboy's job was a lot of work Nat

found out there was a lot of danger and

weeks and weeks of living

Outdoors Nat wrote a book telling about

his adventures and in the book he

wrote after I'd won the sh**ting and

roping contest in Deadwood City the

crowd named me Deadwood d*ck and called

me the champion Roper of the western

cattle country and I carried that name

for the rest of my

life I got the mark of 14 b*llet wounds

on different parts of my body almost

anyone would have k*lled an ordinary man

Natt had a lot of famous friends like

bat

Masson Frank and Jesse

James and Billy the Kid

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

na like many of the other black cowboys

of the Wild West wasn't afraid to do

what he wanted to do and stood proud and

Tall on the fact that Nat Deadwood d*ck

glove was part of taming the wild

[Music]

west you

know that

long ago

and

Once

Upon a

[Music]

Time ELO Baka grew up in the southwest

of the United States Mexican amans at

that time were treated cruy by the other

Cowboys in New Mexico ELO seeing this

decided that one day he would become a

number one law man and bring Law and

Order into the land law man

[Music]

one of ELO's friends was Billy the Kid

he learned to sh**t from Billy and by

the time he was 19 he was pretty good

with a g*n then one day Pedro a cousin

of alago who was a deputy sheriff in a

nearby Town came to him every Saturday

Ango Cowboys came to sh**t up the

town it's your job to stop those cowboys

Pedro it's no use my even trying I can't

stop them the law is on your

side if you're so brave why don't you

take my job fine I accept ELO went and

arrested the first cowboys who started

sh**ting this made the Ango Cowboys

angry aano had arrested an Anglo soon

there were 80 Anglo Cowboys riding into

town they were going to k*ll Alo and

teach the ESP Spanos a lesson

[Applause]

Elo

[Music]

Elo Elo seeing so many Cowboys ran into

a small Hut down a narrow alley

[Music]

for two days ELO shot it out with 80

Cowboys there were b*llet holes

everywhere in the

Hut by the second afternoon the Anglo

Cowboys were ready to quit they asked

for a truce and at alfo go on trial I

agreed to a trial but I will not give up

my g*ns till we get to the Soko jail

four of the cowboys that alfo shot had

died but the court found alfo not guilty

because he was trying to keep Law and

Order in every village of New Mexico

alfo Baka was a hero he was elected

Sheriff of Soko County and people still

talk about how Alo Baka with his g*ns

put the law on the side of his

[Music]

people it's time to tell

a

story it's

story

[Music]

storytelling this is the story from

Haiti called Break

mountains when break mountains was born

he was

Restless he said to his mother put me

down she put him

down what's that door closed for I don't

like any doors closed in my house he

said went over picked up the

door threw it out his mother said the

mosquitoes will come in don't matter

said break mountains he went outside

picked up an orange

tree and began to Fan the air for

mosquitoes

but his mother said the fire that's

cooking our meat will go out don't

matter said break mountains I'll eat my

meat raw break mountains started to eat

his

[Music]

meat raw what's that noisy thing doing

in the

sky I don't like airplanes said break

mountains picked up a goat

knock down the

airplane I'm a tough fella said break

mountains but it's too quiet

here I got to move

on break mountains got on his father's

donkey donkey collapsed he got onto his

father's

horse or

collapsed I'll try my father's

Volkswagen van he got into his father's

great big Volkswagen van and it

collapsed

too I'll walk said break

mountains and break mountains started to

walk he took a

step he crushed the mountain he took

another step he crushed that mountain

every step he took he

crushed Another Mountain

I'm a tough fella he said he

sneezed knock down a forest of pine

trees 40 mil

away I need new shoes he

said went back went to

a shoe maker Shoemaker went out k*lled

two cows took off the hides but they

weren't big enough for break mountains

feet so break mountains went to an iron

Smith and had himself made shoes of red

hot iron in order to cool off the iron

he stepped into the

ocean and he

caused a tidal wave a, miles

away oh he said I'm a tough fella

but just then a

bird flying in the sky dropped a grain

of corn on break Mountain's

head break mountains fell

down break mountains couldn't get up

break mountains started to

cry I

want my

[Music]

greetings from Woody with a surprise

that will please your taste bugs as well

as your eyes it's SBS cook the Chinese

way yes we're going to have sweet and

sour ribs today our American Chinese

friends have taught us to combine

flavors without a fuss so find a grownup

I'll wait while you look and bring him

along and we're ready to cook take one

pound of sparids cut in small

[Music]

pieces 1 tbsp of soy sauce it

pleases two teaspoons of honey and sugar

I

[Music]

sa a dash of salt and pepper and we're

on our

way now combine the spices for a sauce

to pour over the

spirits let the meat soak for 15 minutes

then take out the

[Music]

spirits now we need some aluminum foil

to lay the spbs on so we can broil but

never use the stove unless you've got a

grownup to help you when the going gets

hot now back to the spars which you

should broil 10 minutes on each side as

they lie on the

[Music]

foil should you use a low flame yes you

should about

350° is

good now let them cool then dig right in

Chinese SPS will make you RN from ear to

ear better eat your F cuz everyone will

want one I know they will Chinese

[Music]

speris it's time to tell a

story it's

storytelling

time once upon a time there was a great

ruler named Duke Mo Duke Mo was an

unusual ruler where others were

concerned with battles and power Duke

moo was more known as an admirer of

poets painters and particularly as a

keen lover of

horses it was said that he had the most

beautiful horses in the entire country

perhaps even the

[Music]

world I am Polo I am both Duke Moo's

beloved friend and chief groom as a

result many Envy me and many are jealous

of me and none more so than Wang h* the

chief

minister because we are at peace and

never troubled with w*r Wango spends

most of his time totaling the monthly

bills for the food the horses eat he

does not think this work is important so

he grows more jealous of me every

[Music]

day he was Whispers throughout the court

that my eyesight is

failing sadly it is true what he

says I once was a skilled Horseman

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

but now I am old and my eyesight is

failing

even Duke moo has

noticed we often sit together on the

Duke's favorite Terrace a place of quiet

and calm we

talk we play

[Music]

chess it was just such an evening that

the Story begins

your ey is on the board but your heart

is

elsewhere what is your thought old

friend dear

Polo Wang h* thinks it is time you

retired my beard is whiter than

formerly you have served me

faithfully and I confess it it Grieves

me to send a man of your years on such

weary Journeys throughout the

provinces is there any member of your

family whom I might send to look for

horses in your

place post of Chief groom in your court

is one of

Honor you have made it

so I I do not know where I shall find so

good a Horseman

again please advise

me it is

difficult a good horse can be picked by

its General build in appearance but the

mark of a superlative voice one that

raises no dust and leaves no tracks that

Mark is fleeting as elusive as air

few eyes can remark

it that I

know my sons good and Honorable Men but

they have not the eye that you require

there is a boy named

Hanan I do not know him no he he is a

son of a poor man he helps his father

Hawk Fuel and

vegetables and once a week he brings

fuel to the

Grooms I have observed him observing

horses the son of a fuel Hawker oh he he

is a boy with no breeding or education

but when it comes to matters of horses I

judge him to be my equal I beg you send

for him but the son of a fuong

i the post of Chief groom has always

been chosen from those family who have

served in the Duke's court for

Generations you asked me to advise you

I'm thinking only of the honor of the

Stables but the son of a fuel

orer you blundered badly in that play I

fear you would have to Forfeit a piece

and with the loss of such a valuable

piece I suspect you will certainly lose

the game

good night old friend the boy's name is

Hanan when Wang h* heard of my advice to

the Duke he was puzzled why should I

recommend a rough country boy for the

job of Chief groom why not wo's nephew

instead as it happens I have a nephew

who though a young man of most serious

talents does take an interest in the

horses would this be the young man who

sold a fine horse to my cousin the same

yes and he sold the horse at a very

considerable profit with the prophet my

nephew was able to build for himself a

bathing Pavilion in which he has both

hot and cold running water

indeed does this clever young

[Music]

man I supp W h* saw his

chance if he could convince the Duke to

choose his nephew as Chief groom then he

Wango he would have great

[Music]

power Wango pointed out how clever his

nephew was and above all how well he

managed money now my nephew for all his

interest in horses is a practical man it

is my belief that a great deal of money

could be saved in the management of the

stable poloo is a good enough grou no

doubt but he spends gold

outrageously the bill he submits to the

treasur are

disgrace perhaps Polo is more interested

in the well-being of the horses than in

Gold there are two kinds of

people those who ask what is the value

and those who care nothing for value and

ask only what is the

price I think I know what kind your

nephew is let us see what sort this boy

Hanan may prove to

be

remember how much something

costs does not always tell us what it is

truly

worth Hanan was a country boy with

country manners he was awkward and Ill

at ease when I brought him into the

Duke's presence

[Applause]

[Music]

[Music]

the boy stared at the floor at the

mention of Horses The Boy lifted his

head I will choose your horses it seems

that Polo has brought not only a raw boy

but a bragged as well shall I begin at

once be patient

Hanan the post of Chief room is not

easily

deserved you have seen the horses in the

Imperial Stables have you

not what do you think of

them I should be surprised that they are

not the finest in the land I welcome

your good

opinion but of course a man with half an

eye can walk into the Imperial stables

and know that he is among great horses

indeed in a country stable where the

horses are untrained ungroomed our young

friend may find it very difficult to

single out the exceptional

horse but perhaps on the other hand a

country boy may not be as put off by

rough

appearances as our elegant chief

minister might

be however you should have a chance to

prove

yourself choose for me

one

horse and we shall speak

again surely you do not imagine that it

will be believed in the provinces that

this country boy has been sent to choose

a horse for the Imperial Stables I have

foreseen that

problem you will travel with the boy and

you will explain my commission to the

provinces

and you will see that he has accorded

full respect and do whatever is needful

to assist

him me assist

him why can Polo travel with the

boy Polo would be only too glad to

go I'm asking you to go chiefly in order

to spare you a Troublesome question a

question yes I would imagine that if po

were to go upon their return you would

ask but is the horse they have brought

the Duke the boy's choice or Polo's

choice ahuh that is very clever of you

it is not that I do not trust

Polo it is only that I do not trust you

not to ask that

[Music]

question and so hongan and Wango set out

on their long journey

[Music]

Journey they travel through mountains

through valleys through

[Music]

streams the story of the superlative

horse continues next time

[Music]

hi I have no name but you could play a

game and give me

[Music]

one what you do is up to you when you

watch me

[Music]

let's take a trip and on the way we can

play with blacks and toys or girls and

[Music]

boys let's travel together to a far away

spot let's crawl like a toad or jump hop

and trot

[Music]

what you do is up to you when you watch

[Music]

me so come on don't be shy let's

[Music]

fly black is beautiful white is white

black white hold it you guys my Danny

told me this black white business is

like seasoning food we need both salt

and pepper

[Music]

[Music]

a little

[Laughter]

[Applause]

[Music]

come on along and join our delicious

come on along we're going to have

some come on along and join our

delicious a little bow of vegetable

sou

come

[Music]

come the

[Music]

[Music]

it was Oakland over Denver in a close

battle that saw the lead change hands

three times in the second half that wind

puts the r why doesn't everybody talk

like I them down river down by the sea

they talk funny I wonder why they don't

talk like

me hello Curtis I'm Miss Olen and I'm

happy to have you joining our class why

doesn't she talk like me

would people don't always sound the same

because not everybody grew up hearing

people talk the way you heard them

talking is not something you learn from

books when you were a baby you learned

to talk by watching and listening to

people around you talk your father your

mother your sisters brothers and friends

since we all have different families and

friends who came from different parts of

the world with different ways of talking

it's only natural that we sometimes

sound funny to each other my name is

Curtis if you ever heard your voice on a

tape recorder you may even sound funny

to

yourself my name is Curtis Robinson I go

to homestead school I like sports I play

tennis although it's important to learn

to use words properly there is no one

right way to speak any language either

the special way that each of us speaks

English is called our accent and

everyone has some kind of accent

may I take order

now I guess we're ready Jane I like the

chicken

teriyaki often you don't notice your own

accent until you're around people who

speak in other ways the sound of a

language is changed by accents I want

hamburger that's one CH it's also

Changed by new words which may be

borrowed from other languages or by

slang words which we just make up yeah

too much ketchup the new words we add to

our language make it grow and become

more colorful in the same way that salt

or Pepper or soy sauce often make food

taste

better drop this thanks so don't let the

way someone talks keep them from being

your friend

we may all sound different but we have a

lot of the same thoughts and feelings to

say with our

words

whoo did you

know that long a go and

Once

Upon a Time

[Music]

my name is sojurn of

truth I'm a self-made

woman I cannot read a

book but I can read

people so Jer truth was born in the

state of New York in

1797 the first 30 years of her life was

as a sl*ve owned by another person and

forced to work for them for nothing

when Sojourner won her own Freedom she

went to court to get freedom for her

child at that time this was unheard of

but it was the start of her life as one

of the early Fighters for equal rights

for her black brothers and sisters

children I speak to

God and God speaks to me her belief that

she was doing God's work gave her the

courage to stand up and speak in front

of people

and often made them

cry now children who made your skin

white was it not God who made mine black

was it not God now children you remember

what soul jna truth has told

you so Jer traveled through many states

covering thousands of miles often on

foot in order to bring the truth to the

people once when a man rudely

interrupted her old woman do you think

your talk about sl*very does any good

well I don't care any more for your talk

than I do for the fight of a flea

perhaps not God willing I'll keep you

scratching she told them about her life

as a sl*ve and why all people should be

free we hate you so jer's bravery earned

her the respect of many other famous

people against sl*very and the

oppression of

women in 1864 when she met with Abraham

Lincoln the president of the United

States she pointed out Mr President

before you became president of the

United States I never heard of you

Lincoln smiled and answered I have often

heard of you you remember what souljour

of Truth has told you

it's time to tell a

story it's

storytelling

[Music]

time CH the old lock chip out the old

lock I was just a splin off the street

where I live and a chip off the old

block yeah yeah

yeah hey Les what you want sitting here

by yourself you reminiscing yeah just

sitting here on the stoop you're not

need back home back home when I was

growing up and all that I know the

sounds she walking down the street

sounds in the evening playing with a

tennis doll in the middle of the street

and all that man know the sounds of ler

your mama call you stuff like that man

oh wow that's really nice I already n

that man kind of Ling to S and thinking

about those things really something do

you remember any really the good moments

you know oh we play basketall then we

used to play basketall in the they lot

yeah they used to have trailers over

there right yeah also uh you remember

what we used as a basket yeah you

remember we used to take a busher basket

and cut the doing out and put a d board

up on the what you call those things

it's called Uh telone pole we didn't let

you play basketball they had to man cuz

I own the basketball nobody could play

unless you know I let you play with the

doll remember that I remember that yeah

that's nice huh that's pretty that's

pretty nice yeah I got to ask you

something uh you remember like we used

to play hide and go seek hide hide and

go seek hide and go seek I remember that

man I little things we used to say on we

like doing hide and go seek what we say

uh last night

night I

got in with rolling used to play Hot

Scotch too you played Hot Scotch yeah

you know I couldn't be around you guys

all the time cuz you know you bigger

than I was I know when I was playing hot

then I made up the song really what was

it it like uh sometimes when things

little

rough I try to lie and them all

up I run downstairs to the side long and

say hot Scot with my buttercut yeah yeah

yeah you know what I got to ask you

something else what do you think of like

uh being punished well like in those

days I thought it was kind of cruel man

so folks to do that but I found out then

it was on my own good because you know

like I was out you know sitting on a

stoop one night and then I went down the

street you know it's 12:00 they say stay

out front I went down the street man and

you know they really got me about that

man but I found out it's all on good you

see so uh she did it on reason so you

figure like this kind of like punishment

is like uh good yeah it's good because

punishment in that way it's like love oh

yeah do you I want to ask you something

else how about people calling your names

well it kind of got tell me man but I

think it's like a young game man when

you're growing up you get your names

like uh you don't let it bother you you

knowless there's a song out well it was

out not too long ago that really

reminded you of like when we were back

in the old neighborhood remember oh I

know that song would you do it yeah I do

it right now CU you R soul and little

white shoes real proud of the little Dy

rock and roll day there singing a da

to he can hardly talk know how to sing

the little the sing tune always in key

show The Little Rock and Roll B

there love the way he GRS never heard a

sing the way little Joy

do born in a

theater and L West

Virginia M and tall child

on the

road a white hard Sumer so a f in the

drama one night

stand

little that's what you call getting

down and now we join the big game hunt

the show which asks question can a nice

girl like cricet Wicked find new games

to play every day with the help of a

small stuffed doll named Ringo

leio when it comes to finding games I

have no peer I found every kind in the

course of my career us magical stuffed

dolls have a ball sometimes I think I've

played them all but I've never found a

game that's loonier than Hand Jive isn't

that right Willie junr that's right

Ringo slipped me five nothing can beat

that fine Hand Jive when I do that hand

jve my mind just melts and in my spare

time I can do nothing else if you want

to learn how then dig my rhyme it's a

dance and a game all at the same time

just do what your partner does with his

digits twitch when he twitches and

fidget when he fidgets shake your fist

like you're looking for a fight then hug

yourself cuz you did it just right grab

your elbow to make sure it's there now

grab the other one just to be fair you

did that hand job right again so hug

yourself like a long lost friend now

clap your hands cuz you done okay and

grab your knees so they don't get away

roll your fist just like an egg beater

that's the way it couldn't be nether

stick out your thumb like a hitch in a

ride and do that hand jve side to

side I'm Long John SPO sport in case

you're forgotten I'm snide and I'm

sneaky but most of all rotten there's

nobody half as rotten as me I cheated

Hopscotch and Monopoly I Peak when it's

hide and go seek we play and I never buy

a present on Mother's Day there's nobody

crookeder slimier or greedier when it

comes to being rotten on an encyclopedia

my goal in life is always the same all I

want to do is wreck your

game there's nobody as rotten as me now

who wants to dance okay Long John look

alive cuz I'm ready to match you Jive

for Jive I'll follow you good that's

just fine I'll take your hat and you'll

take mine now the shirt and now the

pants this is getting to be a pretty

strange dance now no one can blame me

for using a bat on somebody that looks

as rotten as that there's one rule in

Handi that always holds true what you do

unto others gets done unto

you it's

humiliating it's

mortifying in fact it's downright

disagreeable

what do I have to do to be a match for

that small stuffed doll get stuffed Long

John me and my big

mouth did you know that words have

stories listen to one now

[Music]

America is a nation of many

parts each part different each beautiful

our people come from nearly every nation

on Earth our customs come from many

different cultures and the language we

speak while mainly English is filled

with words loan to us from a dozen

different

tongues when we say

t

silk or ketchup we are using words

loaned in American language by the

Chinese when we say

yam

Cola

chimpanzee or gorilla we are using words

borrowed from the languages of

[Music]

Africa Domino

cigar

banana

[Music]

guitar and parade are just a few of the

words in our language that came to us

from Spanish-speaking

peoples in Spanish mixed with Mexican

give us such Cho words as SoMo

rodeo and

Bronco the languages of the Native

Americans of the South have given us the

names for

Cocoa

potato

Chile chocolate and many other delicious

things so the next time you say

zebra or avocado

or

t or Bronco you are not only speaking

American but African native American

Chinese and Cho words as

[Music]

well it's time to tell a

story it's story tell time

[Music]

story of the superlative horse continues

with Han Kan the country boy eager to

prove himself by finding an

extraordinary horse for Duke Mo's

court and so Hong Kong and Wango set out

on their long

journey traveling through mountains

through valleys through streams stopping

at any place where there was rumored to

be horses of quality

[Music]

at first Hanan looked mostly at

nobleman's horses he was shown many fine

horses the Traders were all eager to

please him to sell a horse to the Royal

stable was a great honor Hanan would

study the horses carefully and

silently then he would beckon to Wango

and the journey would begin again

[Music]

Miles and Miles they traveled each day

and often days went by without finding a

single horse

[Music]

and so the trip continued with Han Khan

in the

[Music]

lead and Wango always behind

[Music]

always trying to catch

[Music]

[Music]

up you'll never find a horse W home

mumbled to

[Music]

himself and I'll be stuck on this Pony

the rest of my

[Music]

life time

passed distance passed and soon there

was snow on the

[Music]

ground winter had come

[Music]

Hanan the country boy didn't seem to

mind this weather at

all but Wang h* who was used to The

Elegant life of the Court was miserable

[Music]

by this time Wango was sure they had

seen every nobleman's horse in the

entire land and there were only peasant

horses to look

at what hope could there be

and indeed it seemed there was no hope

at all

[Applause]

[Applause]

[Music]

[Applause]

[Applause]

[Applause]

Wang home was at the end of his

patience eating country food in the

middle of

nowhere he was sure they were lost and

would never find their way home

[Music]

[Applause]

[Music]

and then the final disgrace for our

elegant chief minister sleeping like a

horse on a bed of hay

[Music]

6 months had passed and Wango had given

up he was certained now that Hanan would

never find the horse he was searching

for then unexpectedly in the middle of

the forest they came across a horse

trader traveling from Village to Village

most of the horse in the group were

quite ordinary all except for one there

finally there was the extraordinary

horse a pure white stallion that was

more magnificent than any they had

seen it is a good horse of course the

neck might be longer and the head might

be larger and I must I prefer that a

tail were much

shorter what value do you place on the

horse a high

price a th000 bars of

gold I'm not

surprised over there there is a horse

gracing I should like to see it

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[Laughter]

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yes this is the horse I

want this

one but surely you can't be serious yes

I am what do you ask for this

horse I had not thought what to ask for

this

horse I

understand it is impossible to place a

value on such a

horse would you accept the same as you

asked for the white stallion yes of

course prepare the horse for

travel uh wait till I tell dug more of

the good

news Wang h* could hardly wait to get

get way he was afraid hongan would

change his mind he was beside himself

with joy and Glee as he hurried back to

court the story of the superlative horse

continues next

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time greetings from Woody with a

surprise that will please your taste

bugs as well as your eyes it's Barb's

cook the Chinese way yes we're going to

have sweet and sour ribs today our

American Chinese friends have taught us

to combine flavors without of fuss so

find a grownup I'll wait while you look

and bring them along and we're ready to

cook take one lb of spars cut in small

pieces one tbsp of soy sauce it

pleases two teaspoons of honey and sugar

I st

a dash of salt and pepper on we're on

our

way now combine the spices for a sauce

to pour over the

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spirits let the meat soak for 15 minutes

then take out the

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spirits now we need some aluminum foil

to lay the spbs on so we can broil but

never use the stove unless you've got a

grownup to help you when the going gets

hot now back to the spars which you

should broil 10 minutes on each side as

they lie on the

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foil should you use a low flame yes you

should about

350° is

good now let them cool then dig right in

Chinese SPS will make you from ear to

ear better eat your fa cuz everyone will

want one I know they will Chinese

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feris catch it Peewee it's coming right

to

you g pee that makes 10 arrrows you've

made in this inning not all of us is

Superstars I've got a right to be wrong

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to make the best of

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